HOW THE PROGRAM IS GOING. THESE BROCKTON HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS ARE HARD AT WORK IN THEIR AUTOMOTIVE SHOP. THE SHOP, YOU KNOW, IT REALLY GIVES YOU A BETTER UNDERSTANDING AND THEN YOU GET ALL THE FINE DETAILS. YOU KNOW, MY DAD TOLD ME A BUNCH OF INFORMATION I’VE LEARNED HANDS ON, BUT ALL THE FINE DETAILS OF THINGS, YOU REALLY HAVE TO GET A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF IT. WIRING, ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS, YOU KNOW, THE REAL FINE DETAILS WILL NOTE THE LEFT FRONT STRUT RIGHT. STARTING TO LEAK OIL. THIS IS A COMPREHENSIVE PROGRAM RATHER THAN A VOCATIONAL PROGRAM. STUDENTS GET TO CHOOSE THIS CLASS AS A PART OF THEIR SCHOOL DAY. THEY SIGN UP TO BE HERE. THEY HAVE THE DRIVE. THEY HAVE THE AMBITION. THEY HAVE THE PASSION FOR VEHICLES. THEIR DRIVE IS EVIDENT. THEY ARE THE FUTURE OF THE AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY. AND THEY RECENTLY RECEIVED A VERY GENEROUS DONATION OF THREE VEHICLES FROM GENERAL MOTORS. HAVING NEW CARS LIKE THESE ONES HERE ALLOWS STUDENTS HERE AT BROCKTON HIGH SCHOOL TO HAVE THAT MORE IN AND RELEVANT TRAINING. WE COULD GO TO ANYWHERE AND FIND DONATED VEHICLES, ANY SHOPS, THEY HAVE AN ABANDONED VEHICLE. THEY JUST WANT TO GET RID OF, BUT THEY PROBABLY DON’T RUN. THEY PROBABLY DON’T DRIVE. WE WANT NEWER VEHICLES BECAUSE WHEN THESE STUDENTS GRADUATE AND THEY GO OUT IN THE FIELD, THEY’RE GOING TO BE WORKING ON VEHICLES PROBABLY TEN YEARS OR NEWER. THE FUTURE IS BRIGHT FOR THESE STUDENTS, NO MATTER WHAT PATH THEY END UP TAKING. EVEN IF I DON’T USE IT AS A CAREER, IT’S STILL GOOD TO HAVE THIS KNOWLEDGE ABOUT CARS, BE ABLE TO DO MY OWN OIL CHANGES, DO MY OWN BRAKES, DIAGNOSE LIKE BIGGER THINGS THAT ARE WRONG WITH MY CAR. REPORTING IN BROCKTON.